Information Technology

The right technology is often the differentiating factor in giving a financial services company the edge over its competitors. It can also, in the long run, help the organisation save money. Not surprisingly, therefore, firms in the financial sector are among the biggest spenders on IT recruitment.

In an investment bank, the really big user of technology is the trading floor and everything related to it. Whether it’s a question of actually buying and selling financial products electronically, processing them through smart-order routing systems, or communicating to ensure that trades go through smoothly in the smallest amount of time possible, multimillion dollar technology projects are crucial to successful operations.

Within financial services, IT careers tend to fall into five camps – development, business analysis, project management, infrastructure and technical support.

Developers are at the coalface of the IT department. Although some of the job will involve developing new systems in-house, offering opportunities for developers using Java or other coding languages, banks often purchase software off the shelf from third-party vendors. A developer’s job will therefore include tailoring the software to suit the institution’s particular needs or integrate it into existing systems.

Within flow products like equities or FX, developers aim ‘low latency’ or reducing the amount of time it takes to both execute and process a trade.

Business analysts act as the liaison between the IT department and the business side of the organisation, investigating how technology can be used to improve the bank’s competitive advantage.

Meanwhile, project managers will take the reins of the new venture once it’s been given the go-ahead. Project management roles are strategic and involve planning, structuring and eventual completion of the projects. Project managers work with a team of developers, liaise with third-party vendors and are answerable to the business should plans go awry.

Those in technical support jobs solve problems when they arise on the trading floor. Infrastructure roles deal with the nuts and bolts of IT – everything from servers, to operating systems to databases.

This section also includes IT jobs working for third-party vendors, which specialise in providing software for a particular sector.

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The Exchange Delivery Manager sits within the Service Delivery Market Data team. You will be responsible for Fidessa's relationships with, and the service delivery for, Exchanges/Venues and Data Services globally. This will include relationship, event, project and service management for existing and also on-boarding.

Key Requirements:
• Ability to develop an in depth technical understanding of the hosted services including Fidessa solutions and some 3rd party applications
• Good written and verbal communication skills including an ability…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

The Calypso system is a large scale software product for the capital markets supporting trading, risk management, and processing of various financial products such as Interest Rate, Equity and Credit Derivatives. It is currently building out its electronic pre-trade capabilities including buy-side/sell-side e-trading across various asset classes.
Calypso is seeking a Business Analyst who will Support, test an…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Calypso Technology is seeking an entrepreneurial, highly-motivated, and experienced individual to join our team as a Principal Product Manager. The Principal Product Manager role is an extremely exciting role as this individual will have multiple high level responsibilities, which will have a vital impact on the growth of the organization.
The Principal Product Manager will own core aspects of the solution an…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Are you an highly experienced Java software engineer with a background working in market connectivity with/for the capital markets industry?
Are you looking for the opportunity to have a great autonomy and design freedom while being involved in a greenfield project involving e-trading?
If you are, then this is the position for you!
The Calypso system is a large scale software product for the capital markets s…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Calypso Technology is seeking an entrepreneurial, highly-motivated, and experienced individual to join our team as a Principal Product Manager. The Principal Product Manager role is an extremely exciting role as this individual will have multiple high level responsibilities, which will have a vital impact on the growth of the organization.
The Principal Product Manager will own core aspects of the solution an…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Calypso Technology is seeking a Professional Services Director to lead our system implementations in the Americas region, which includes the United States, Canada and South America. This includes management of 7 to 10 Project Managers, together with over 50+ consultants and responsibility for regional P&L and project delivery. The primary goal of this position is to continue building a world-class services or…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Calypso Technology is seeking an experienced, highly-motivated and creative thinking individual to join our Front Office Product Management team as a specialist in Interest Rate and Exotic Derivatives. As a Senior Product Manager you will have responsibilities which will have a direct impact on the growth of the organization. You are responsible for increasing the utility from existing products and for develo…

Join Calypso a leader in Financial Technology as a Sales Representative for our Professional Services Software Implementation team.

Calypso Technology is seeking a Technical Account Manager with at minimum 7 years experience to join a newly formed Customer Success team. The Technical Account Manager role will combine a classical relationship management and Sales support for existing clients role. This role is central in the organization and essential to both maintenance and revenue generation.
Responsibilities
Act as the main point of co…

Calypso Technology is seeking a Technical Account Manager with at minimum 10 years experience to join a newly formed Customer Success team.

Calypso Technology is seeking a Technical Account Manager with at minimum 10 years experience to join a newly formed Customer Success team. The Technical Account Manager role will combine a classical relationship management and Sales support for existing clients role. This role is central in the organization and essential to both maintenance and revenue generation.
Responsibilities
Act as the main po…

Pre-Sales Technical Market Specialist
As a Pre-Sales Technical Market Specialist your primary role is to successfully deliver key messages about the functionality of Calypso solution suite via presentation and product demonstration, with the core objective of successfully supporting the sales organization in one of our core solutions (Capital Markets,…

Are you technically curious and motivated by customer success? Do you have a passion and interest in capital and financial markets?

Senior Customer Success Business Analyst
Are you technically curious and motivated by customer success? Do you have a passion and interest in capital and financial markets? Fixed income securities, equity, money market and derivative markets (OTC and Exchange Traded) shouldn't be foreign to you.
Your function is that of a support analyst post-implementation and post sales. Having the ability to think quickl…

Are you technically curious and motivated by customer success? Do you have a passion and interest in capital and financial markets?

Senior Customer Success Business Analyst
Are you technically curious and motivated by customer success? Do you have a passion and interest in capital and financial markets? Fixed income securities, equity, money market and derivative markets (OTC and Exchange Traded) shouldn't be foreign to you.
Your function is that of a support analyst post-implementation and post sales. Having the ability to think quickl…

The EMEA Service Desk provides Fidessa’s first line support service to customers and forms part of Fidessa’s global support team - this is a client facing role the role holder may be required to work from our London office or our clients' offices as appropriate.

The EMEA Service Desk provides Fidessa’s first line support service to customers and forms part of Fidessa’s global support team. The desk is responsible for providing both on-site and remote support to users and trading support personnel, maintaining a strong relationship with cl…

Assist in the design, implementation, and ongoing oversight of CCAR internal controls framework for a global financial institution

Responsibilities:
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert with primary coverage for the technology framework covering capital markets, commercial and retail banking activities
Responsibilities will be to design, implement and monitor the organization for internal control of the IT set used to source a wide range of functions including but not limited to Business Systems, Risk Management, Stress testing, and Capital a…

Assist in the design, implementation, and ongoing oversight of CCAR internal controls framework for a global financial institution

Responsibilities:
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert with primary coverage for commercial and retail banking and lending activities
Responsibilities will be to design, implement and monitor the organization for internal control of the CCAR process such as modelling, stress testing, and capital allocations
Identify key processes of the CCAR components according to COSO methodology,
Perform walkthrough and create …

Assist the Prudential Reporting team to support the CCAR process within a global investment bank

Responsibilities:
Source, integrate and aggregate transaction, position and reference data inclusive of modeled and non-modeled inputs across Finance and Risk
Source and reconcile general ledger data across various business lines (e.g., Fixed Income, GECD)
Perform appropriate data quality management on raw and semi-processed data
Ensure report data is accurate and prepared in a timely and thorough manner
Establish guidelines for reconciliation…

Senior member of the Internal Strategy and transformation team within an international investment bank

Responsibilities:
Support and advise Executive Management around the globe on high-level strategic projects
Projects range from pure design and development to more transformational involving multiple business lines and regions
Propose creative solutions for global and complex issues and develop corresponding core messages to key stakeholders
Successfully structure and conduct in depth quantitative analysis / modeling
Prepare, support and…

Business Services Division (BSD) is responsible for the strategic direction, implementation and ongoing management of Macquarie's workplaces, business resilience, sourcing and vendor management.

The Corporate Operations Group (COG) brings together specialist support services including workplace, human resources, market operations and technology. COG's purpose is to drive operational excellence through business-aligned services with a focus on quality, cost and risk. COG comprises the following divisions: Business Improvement and Strategy,…

If interested, email resume to mkonikowski@futuresgroupit.com, or call Matt at 212-244-4220.

My client, a global technology firm, is seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst to perform and enhance regression testing for the firm’s trade order management systems. This team is looking for someone energetic, creative, and flexible with excellent communication skills, and ability to handle multiple builds and frequent releases.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Regression testing various fixed income trading applications for the …

Information Risk Manager
Information Risk Manager
London
Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
One of the UK's most prestigious Banking Organisations require an Information Risk Manager to join their Cyber Risk team.
The Information Risk Manager will be a key member of the team, responsible for implementing Information Risk Management across the banks functions. Combined with your Information Risk Management expertise, your relationshi…

You will have the opportunity to work with the most leading edge software engineers in the world. Utilizing best of breed technologies and methodologies to build next generation platforms for trading technology.

Building world-class software
Delivering software across multiple platforms
Leading and participating in the design and architecture of solutions across the full technology stack
Participating in and helping evolve our Agile SDLC process
Relevant Skills
. Object-Oriented and Functional Programming fundamentals: C#, C++, Java, Py…